Improvement in belt-fastenings



A. (J. TYLER. Belt-Fastening. No.'l96-,273.

Patented Oct. 16, 1877.

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N. PETERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPH'ER, WASHINGTON D. C

UNITED STATES Erica.

PATEN'P ALFRED C. TYLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO THEODORE T. WING, OF SUSQUEHANNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IM PR OVEM ENT IN BELT-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,273, dated October 16, 1877 application filed September 15, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED O. TYLER, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in BeltFasteners; and I do hereby declare that the follow-- it consists in strips of rawhide, prepared ashereinafter described, and fastened to the ends of the belt by rivets, bolts, or screws, to connect the same, as will be fully described, and set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawing, to which reference is made, A A represent the ends of a belt, which are fastened together by means of strips BB, of rawhide, secured to said ends A A by rivets at a 0.

Instead of rivets I may use bolts or screws to fasten the rawhide strips to the ends of the belt.

I prepare the rawhide by placing it in neatsfoot oil for forty eight hours, after which it is passed between rollers, and afterward pressed out flat, and cut into-proper lengths and sizes for the purpose desired.

The oil prevents .the rawhide from absorbin g moisture, and also renders it more pliable. Rolling it between the rollers excludes the superfluous oil, and adds, likewise, to its pliability.

This form of fastener is easily applied, 1101(1Sl the ends of the belt firmly, and gives a smooth surface to run on. It will save machinery and steam-power, 011 account of producing less friction and having an easy gliding motion over the pulleys.

Unprepared rawhide will not answer for the purpose designed, because it is too hard and unaccommodatin g in its movements around the pulleys, and would, therefore, in a short run, crack and break in two but preparing the rawhide with neats-foot oil renders it elastic and firmer in its structure, and when the stiffness is broken by passing it repeatedly under rollers, there is no material that can stand the 

